[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 8853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4469]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
from Hawaii in the Control of the Department of the Navy and in the 
Possession of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI

AGENCY: National Park Service, DOI.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects in the control of the Department of the Navy and in 
the possession of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Department 
of the Navy and Bishop Museum professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the O'ahu Island 
Burial Council, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai'i Nei, and the Native 
Hawaiian Historic Preservation Council.
    Between 1962 and prior to November 16, 1990, human remains 
representing a minimum of five individuals were recovered from a coral 
sinkhole and sand dune deposits at Naval Air Station, Barbers Point, 
Land of Honouliuli, District of Ewa, Island of O'ahu, HI. No known 
individuals were identified. The approximately 356 associated funerary 
objects include miscellaneous non-human bones from a large unidentified 
mammal, and assorted non-artifact lithics.
    Between 1963 and 1988, human remains representing a minimum of 
three individuals were recovered from sand dune deposits along 
Edgewater Beach on Iroquois Point, Navy Public Works Center, Pearl 
Harbor, Land of Honouliuli, District of Ewa, Island of O'ahu, HI. No 
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    During 1966-1970, human remains representing a minimum of four 
individuals were recovered from Barking Sands sand dunes [[Site 50-30-
05-1834 (previously Site Ka-C5-5)], Pacific Missile Range Facility, 
Land of Waimea, District of Mana, Island of Kaua'i, HI. No known 
individuals were identified. The one associated funerary object is a 
complete non-human long bone.
    Based on cranial and skeletal morphology, manner of interments, 
types of associated funerary objects, and recovery locations all 
consistent with Native Hawaiian tradition, these individuals have been 
determined to be Native Hawaiian.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the 
Department of the Navy have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 
(d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical remains 
of a minimum of 13 individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials 
of the Department of the Navy have also determined that, pursuant to 43 
CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the approximately 356 objects listed above are 
reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual human 
remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or 
ceremony. Lastly, officials of the Department of the Navy have 
determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship 
of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced between these 
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects and Hui 
Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai'i Nei and Koa Mana.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Office of Hawaiian 
Affairs, the O'ahu Island Burial Council, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O 
Hawai'i Nei, Alu Like, Huna Research Institute, Kamoalii Hawaiian Civic 
Club, the Kaua'i Ni'ihau Island Burial Council, Koa Mana, Na Ohana Papa 
O Mana, the Royal Order of Kamehameha, and the Waianae Hawaiian Civic 
Club. Representatives of any other Native Hawaiian organization that 
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains 
and associated funerary objects should contact Ms. Elizabeth Gordon, 
Archaeologist (Code 233EG), Pacific Division, Naval Facilities 
Engineering Command, 258 Makalapa Drive, Suite 100, Pearl Harbor, HI 
96860-3134; telephone: (808) 471-9338, before March 25, 1999. 
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects to 
Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai'i Nei and Koa Mana may begin after that 
date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: January 27, 1999.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 99-4469 Filed 2-22-99 ; 8:45 am]
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